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Missouri Injury Lawyer Blog

Missouri injury and accident Law including car accidents, medical malpractice, defective medical devices, burn injuries, and product liability.
By Jeff Lowe, Esq.

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Last Entry: March 30, 2011 at 03:41:30

To Stop Car Crashes, Missouri and Illinois Consider Banning Cell Phone Text Messaging While Driving

Posted on May 21, 2009
Lawmakers in Missouri and Illinois are both on the verge of making it illegal to send and read text messages behind the wheel, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported May 18. Missouri?s legislature has already passed a bill forbidding drivers under the age of 21 from texting while driving, while their counterparts in Illinois are considering a broader bill that would apply to drivers of every age...

Failure to Diagnosis Cervical Cancer--Chicago Federal Jury Awards $2 million--Illinos Medical Malpractice Attorney

Posted on May 18, 2009
A patient with cervical cancer who claimed that a pathologist misread her Pap smears over the course of 12 years was awarded $2 million by a Chicago federal court jury on May 14. Fordham was represented by attorneys Jeffrey J. Lowe of The Lowe Law Firm and John J...

State Supreme Court Grants New Trial in Missouri Auto Products Liability Lawsuit

Posted on May 13, 2009
Victims of a fatal a rear-end crash can have a new trial in their Missouri product liability lawsuit, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled May 5. According to the Associated Press, the court said misbehavior by attorneys for Ford tainted the trial, entitling motorist Michael Nolte and the family of Trooper Michael Newton to a new trial...

Governor Considering Legislation to Legalize Riding Motorcycles Without a Helmet in Missouri

Posted on May 06, 2009
Legislation repealing Missouri?s mandatory motorcycle helmet law has passed the Legislature and is headed for the desk of Gov. Jay Nixon, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported May 1. The legislation, passed 95-63 in the Missouri House, makes helmets optional for riders age 21 and over...

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Prosecutors Considering Charges in Fatal Wrong-Way Accident Involving Police Officer and College Students

Posted on April 29, 2009
St. Louis County prosecutors have taken more than a month to consider whether to file charges against an off-duty police officer for her role in a fatal car crash, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported April 28. According to the Post-Dispatch, off-duty Sunset Hills policewoman Christine Miller drove her car the wrong way down Dougherty Ferry Road early in the morning of March 21...

Missouri ATV Accident Lawyer on Crash That Killed Kansas City Man

Posted on April 24, 2009
As a Missouri ATV crash attorney, I was disappointed to see that a young man died in an ATV crash near Kansas City April 11. Television station KMBC reported April 13 that Jeffrey Gervy was riding ATVs with a friend around 8 p.m. near a warehouse, when his friend swerved to avoid a puddle...

Chemical Plant Explosion in St. Charles Leaves Worker with Severe Burn Injuries

Posted on April 17, 2009
An explosion at a chemical plant left a worker seriously burned and rocked nearby homes, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported April 14. The explosion took place late on Easter Sunday, when an overnight shift worker mixed two chemicals at the SantoLubes plant in St...

Four Cows Killed in Train and Pickup Truck Accidents in Dense Fog

Posted on April 13, 2009
Loose cattle and dense fog caused one Missouri car accident and one train accident outside Springfield, Missouri April 11. According to the Springfield News-Leader, the first cow was struck by a passing train early in the morning. A short time later, the driver of a pickup truck found 10 to 15 cows standing in the roadway near the railroad tracks...

Patients, Advocates Rally to Replace Medicaid Funding for Brain Injury Rehabilitation with State Funding

Posted on April 06, 2009
Survivors of serious brain injuries and their supporters rallied in Jefferson City in favor of state legislation that would restore services for head injury victims, the Columbia Missourian reported March 5. The state bills would restore funding that was cut three years ago by Missouri Medicaid...

Missouri Auto Accident Victims Talk to Students About Making Smart Choices Behind the Wheel

Posted on March 19, 2009
Students at high schools in and around Marshall, Missouri gathered to hear the stories of disabled victims of serious car crashes, the Marshall Democrat-News reported March 9. The speakers are a part of a program called ThinkFirst Missouri, sponsored by the University of Missouri School of Medicine...

Missouri Personal Injury Lawyer on St. Louis Man Who Fell Through Manhole

Posted on March 12, 2009
A man in his forties had to be rescued by firefighters March 5 when he unexpectedly fell through a manhole cover in northern St. Louis, the Post-Dispatch reported. According to the article, the man was walking through an alley near Cavalry Cemetery when he plunged 15 feet into the sewer and was trapped...

Post Dispatch Article Exposes Lax Drunk Driving Prosecutions Leading to Serious St. Louis Car Wrecks

Posted on March 12, 2009
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran an in-depth article March 1 on problems with how our criminal justice system handles drunk drivers. As a St. Louis car accident attorney, I was pleased to see attention being paid to the problem of chronic drunk drivers, who form a large minority of drunk driving arrests every year...

Woman Dies From Injuries Sustained in House Fire -- Missouri Burn Injury Lawyer

Posted on February 27, 2009

Bridge Safety Expert Declares MLK Bridge Deadliest in Region -- St. Louis Car Wreck Attorney

Posted on February 24, 2009
As I have blogged here before, safety experts believe the MLK Bridge connecting St. Louis to East St. Louis needs substantial safety improvements. According to a Feb. 8 article in the Belleville News-Democrat, a bridge safety expert from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts has added his voice to that chorus...

Three Killed by Drunk Wrong-Way Highway Driver in Southern Illinois -- Belleville Illinois Car Accident Attorney

Posted on February 24, 2009
A St. Louis family lost two of its members a fatal car crash near Edwardsville, Ill. Feb. 5. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Tawanda Jackson and her two children, nine-year-old Arnold and 11-year-old Takia, were headed home from Tennessee to attend her grandmother?s funeral, along with Jackson?s friend, Jon Moss...

Guard Cables Credited for Drop in Missouri Highway Accidents -- St. Louis Car Crash Lawyer

Posted on February 16, 2009
Missourians can drive with a little more confidence this year, according to a report by the Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety. The Southeast Missourian reported Feb. 4 that the report says Missouri saw just 941 highway traffic fatalities in 2008, down by about 25% from 1,257 in 2005...

City's Inaction May Be Responsible for Serious Accident -- St. Louis Car Wreck Lawyer

Posted on February 09, 2009
The mother of a young man hurt in a single-vehicle accident wants to know what caused ice to appear in the road, MyFox St. Louis reported Jan. 12. A truck driven by Keyon Matthews, a 25-year-old father of three, slid on the road in North St. Louis and fishtailed before hitting a tree, according to his brother, who was following in another car...

Trucking Accident Death Blamed on Defective Bridge Design -- Southern Illinois Truck Accident Law Firm

Posted on February 04, 2009
A southern Illinois mother is calling for improved safety measures on the Martin Luther King Bridge, the Belleville News-Democrat reported Jan. 11. The call came after the woman lost her 26-year-old son to a serious East St. Louis truck accident on the bridge...

Missouri Pedestrian Accident Attorney on Suburban Teen Hit in Crosswalk

Posted on January 27, 2009
A Webster Groves-area high school student is recovering after being hit in a pedestrian accident Jan. 9, the Webster-Kirkwood Times has reported. The teen was crossing at a crosswalk outside the public library to meet his ride home, the paper said. One car stopped at the crosswalk and motioned him forward, but another passed the first car on the right and hit the teenager...

Plattsburg Missouri car Accident Kills one and Injures two--Missouri Auto Accident Attorney

Posted on January 26, 2009
A Plattsburg, Mo., man was killed and two other people were injured in a traffic accident on Missouri Highway 116 on the evening of Friday, January 2, the St. Joseph News-Press reported. Gailon V. Green, 45, was killed after his eastbound 1997 Dodge crossed the center line and collided with a westbound Chevrolet Monte Carlo driven by Melissa R...

Street Racing Accident Kills Museum Leader in Kansas City -- Missouri Car Crash Attorney

Posted on January 23, 2009
A 50-year-old man was killed Jan. 10 in a crash on Interstate 70 near Kansas City, the Kansas City Star reported. Gregory Hawley, who was known for his role in unearthing the sunken Steamboat Arabia and turning it into a museum, was on his way home from that museum when he was hit by an out-of-control BMW...

Deadly Medical Helicopter Crash Results Lawsuits by the Parents of the 14-month-old Patient That Died--Missouri/Illinois Product Liability Attorney

Posted on January 09, 2009
Last week, the parents of a 14-month-old patient who died in a medical helicopter crash filed suit against the companies that operated the helicopter as well as the pilot, the Chicago Tribune reports. The accident happened on Oct. 15, 2008. A Bell 222 helicopter was flying Kristin Reann Blockinger to Children?s Memorial Hospital in Chicago when it hit a radio-tower support wire and crashed...

Illinois Supreme Court to Decide Medical Malpractice Damage Caps -- Southern Illinois Medical Malpractice Attorney

Posted on December 26, 2008
About a month ago, the Illinois Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could have a dramatic effect on Illinois patients hurt by medical mistakes, as well as my own practice as a southern Illinois medical malpractice lawyer. In Lebron v. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, the court is considering whether caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases are consistent with the state Constitution...

Kansas City Middle Schooler Dies After Head Injury -- Missouri Brain Injury Law Firm

Posted on December 24, 2008
A middle school girl outside Kansas City died in early December after suffering a head injury. The girl had been sent home from school early after hitting her head against a wall during gym class. According to the Kansas City Star, she woke with a headache and stayed home from school again the next day...

New Research Shows Accident Rates Lower for Teens Who Get More Sleep -- Missouri/Illinois Auto Accident Law Firm

Posted on December 22, 2008
A new study by the University of Kentucky suggests that later starting times at high schools could significantly cut rates of serious accidents among teenagers. According to the Washington Post, researchers found a 16.5% drop in accident rates for teens whose schools moved their start times forward an hour...

Kansas City Family Sues City for Wrongful Death of Teenager-- Missouri Car Accident Lawyer

Posted on December 19, 2008
The parents of a young man killed during a police car chase have filed a lawsuit against the city of Independence, Kansas City?s KCTV reported. Seventeen-year-old Chris Cooper was riding his bicycle in November of 2007 when he was hit and killed by a vehicle driven by Wilfredo Pujols, Jr...

Illinois Medical Malpractice--Family of Pregnant Mother to Receive $9.8 Million Settlement

Posted on December 05, 2008
In an Illinois medical malpractice case, the family of a 27-year-old pregnant mother who died three years ago will receive $9.8 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit against Chicago-based Stroger Hospital, the Chicago Tribune reports. In August 2005, Farrah Dickerson began bleeding and collapsed...

Medical Malpractice Case Involving Flesh Eating Bacteria Results in $13.5 Million Jury Award

Posted on November 07, 2008
A Hospitals failure to diagnose flesh-eating bacteria resulting in the death of the patient concluded with the patients family being awarded $13.5 million Boston Globe reports. Amy Altman, a 40-year-old married mother of two young daughters, underwent experimental chemotherapy at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to treat a cancer tumor behind her knee...

Yamaha Rhino Investigated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission

Posted on November 04, 2008
At least 30 deaths have been linked to the Yamaha Rhino. Now, the Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating whether the off-road vehicles are safe. Accord to an article in the Wall Street Journal, federal safety regulators are trying to determine whether the all-terrain vehicles (also known as utility terrain vehicles) pose a substantial risk of injury or death...

Birth Injury Case results in $11.4M Jury Verdict

Posted on November 04, 2008
A jury awarded the parents of a brain-damaged boy $11.4 million in a medical malpractice case, the La Crosse Tribune reports. Chad and Amy Jelinek claimed that hospital staff at Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center failed to deliver their son Laine in a timely fashion and that fetal strips that showed their son was in distress were misread...

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